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Thyra Travels: Thailand, Land of the Tourist 2018-19
Going against the trend, I spent almost all my time in Thailand in the north and didn’t even set foot on an island. This was for a few reasons, I was volunteering in the north and I had heard the islands were touristy, expensive, and a lot of drinking. I decided to not go. I will write a separate post…
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Thyra Travels: Conquering My Fears in Cambodia 2018
I entered Cambodia with a little hesitation after some bad experiences in Vietnam. “Don’t expect it to be better”, someone had said to me, with which I outwardly reacted: “No way, people will be much more lovely”. Inwardly, I was secretly freaking out that it may be true. Crossing the border via bus (check out that post here), I met…
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Thyra Travels: Retribution in Southern Vietnam 2018
Experiencing some emotional burnout after the middle of my Vietnam trip, I was excited to be moving on to the last few days of my time in the country. Maddy and I had decided to take a flight instead of the night bus to surpass a few hundred kilometers of the country. We arrived in Nha Trang, a coastal town,…
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Thyra Travels: Cruising Through Central Vietnam 2018
I was in Vietnam for a long time and went through many cities, maybe too many. After Sapa I took a sleeper bus (and actually slept, I too was shocked) down to Ninh Binh, a city they call the Halong Bay of the Land. Ninh Binh By the time I arrived to my hotel in town I was extremely tired…